Apply for Brazilian nationality after satisfying the residence and personal requirements.
Nationality after qualifying residenceThis is a residence-based nationality application, not citizenship by investment. A property purchase or short annual visit is not enough.
- Benefits
- Citizenship if the nationality application is approved, followed by a separate passport application.
- Eligibility
- Civil capacity, Portuguese communication, satisfactory criminal history and normally four years of qualifying indefinite residence. Reduced periods depend on a specific statutory basis.
- Requirements
- Residence registration and travel history, identity and criminal records, evidence of Portuguese and any qualifying reduction. On the ordinary four-year basis, aggregate absences must normally remain within 12 months.
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Nationality after qualifying residence
Ordinary naturalisation is a separate application after the qualifying indefinite-residence period, Portuguese-language evidence and other nationality conditions. It is not a direct citizenship-by-investment offer.



